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Patricia Schroeder: “one of the problems, again, coming from a smaller State where we have often received the dregs of what other States did…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1995
one of the problems, again, coming from a smaller State where we have often received the dregs of what other States did not want, one of the groups that I can think of that would be against this amendment would be a group like Mutants for Radioactive Waste, because if you look at Nevada and Colorado and New Mexico, that is where everybody wants to dump radioactive waste. That is where everybody is perfectly willing to dump dirty water or salt water. We have trouble with salinization of water. Mr. Chairman, let me say that if we take the State of California and the State of Nevada, how much money do Members think the State of California is going to be willing to spend to clean up air for the State of Nevada.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Discussing concerns about waste disposal and environmental issues related to smaller states.

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